From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay14-dav18.bay14.hotmail.com ([64.4.48.122] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CQke6-0005ho-00 for ; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 05:51:42 -0500 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:51:01 -0800 Received: from 4.4.13.249 by BAY14-DAV18.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:50:38 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [4.4.13.249] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041107082405.GA4658@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:50:49 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2004 10:51:01.0708 (UTC) FILETIME=[AC01E0C0:01C4C4B7] Subject: Re: Tar Backups and Size Limits X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:51:48 -0000 Fat filesystems have a 2 GB limit on file size, I believe. An LDP howto mentioned how to get around this, as I recall. Hope this helps, but if not, I've no idea what to say. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:24 AM Subject: Tar Backups and Size Limits > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey, I'm trying to backup my linux system (home directories to a 200 > GB external drive using tar. It seems that there is an upper size > limit either due to the fat32 file system on this external drive or > tar. I can't emagine tar having imposed any limits. So I tried to > use -M multi-volume option and a -L limit of 4GB. It got through the > first file seemingly ok and it put up the prompt to start the next > file. Well, I figured tar would just go ahead and create the next > file with a different suffix or something. Well, it appears that it > did not. When I looked in another console I saw that the size of the > second archive started over as I would expect but it is actually the > original file. In other words, I think the back procedure is > overlaying the first file. The tar command I used is: > tar -cvf archive.tar -M -L 4000000 FILES... > > I figured later I would do incremental backups against this tar file. > Am I missing something? If I reformatted my external drive as ext3 or > something, I could probably have done all this without size limits but > I also intend to use this same drive to backup my winblows boxes as > well. This is a 200 GB drive with a pre configured VFAT single > partition. > > Any ideas out there? Thanks. > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBjdulWSjv55S0LfERAjvcAJ4nP7C/cVtMo6iLhoHqCg94skviVgCeMdQF > 2kuZ0rrTJ+K7r4TbTsWkAh8= > =nOgl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >